HAYWARD — It began with an opportunity assembly at a mall between a person in his late 20s and a teen lady, who advised police she reluctantly gave him her quantity and rebuffed his try and hug her.
And the saga ended eight months later, after the person allegedly raped the lady in his automobile, and threatened to reveal video of them engaged in intercourse acts to her family members if she didn’t meet him one final time, in accordance with courtroom data.
Now, 26-year-old Andrew Patrick Kelly is in Santa Rita Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail, dealing with prison expenses of forcible rape, illegal intercourse with a minor and oral copulation with a minor, all felonies. The charging data allege that Kelly sexually abused the girl throughout two meetups in early 2024, then raped her throughout their remaining encounter in February, earlier than driving her again to her highschool within the East Bay.
After their remaining encounter, Kelly was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery in a separate incident, in accordance with courtroom data. He pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor in April — one month after the cost was filed — and was given a probation sentence, data present.
Kelly has pleaded not responsible, and his preliminary listening to has been set for November, in accordance with courtroom data. The proof in opposition to him consists of not simply statements to police from the alleged sufferer, however Kelly’s personal conversations with two Fremont police detectives who had been posing because the lady after she knowledgeable them of the alleged extortion try, authorities mentioned.
In these conversations, police say that Kelly repeated a risk he’d already made to the lady — that he would publish movies depicting him sexually abusing her until she agreed to satisfy once more. She had allegedly agreed to satisfy, on the situation he’d delete the movies in entrance of her, however as a substitute turned her cellphone over to detectives so they may collect proof in opposition to him.
Kelly was arrested in late September on the similar Newark mall the place he allegedly met the lady, police mentioned. In a subsequent interview, he claimed all their sexual contact had been after her 18th birthday, and was consensual. However police say they’ve digital proof that contradicts this.
Kelly allegedly approached the lady and requested for her quantity in early 2024. She later advised police that she offered it, however felt creeped out when he tried to hug her throughout the identical dialog. After they started texting she agreed to satisfy him a number of occasions, however lower off contact after he raped her, in accordance with authorities.
Along with these expenses, Kelly has two pending misdemeanor home violence instances, in addition to a drunk driving and baby endangerment case, all filed in opposition to him this 12 months. Police say he was additionally arrested on suspicion of indecent publicity in 2021, however by no means charged.
Initially Printed: October 24, 2024 at 4:55 p.m.
